Apostolic Nunciature

Democratic Republic of Congo

Address: Avenue Goma 81, B.P. 3091, Kinshasa-Gombe, Congo-Kinshasa

Phone: +243-81 333.01.24

1930.01.30: Established as Apostolic Delegation of Belgian Congo
1946: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (English)
1960: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (English)
1962: Renamed as Apostolic Delegation of Congo and Rwanda (English)
1963: Branched to create Apostolic Nunciature of Burundi and Apostolic Delegation of Rwanda
1963.02.16: Promoted as Apostolic Nunciature of Democratic Republic of Congo
1977: Renamed as Apostolic Nunciature of Zaire
1997: Renamed as Apostolic Nunciature of Democratic Republic of Congo

Archbishop Mitja Leskovar (55)
(2024.04.16 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Beneventum
Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo

Priest of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (1995.06.29 – 2020.05.01)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2006.03.10 – 2014.10.01)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2014.10.01 – 2020.05.01)

Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq (2020.05.01 – 2024.04.16)

Titular Archbishop of Beneventum (2020.05.01 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo (2024.04.16 – ...)

Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Ettore Balestrero (58) (2019.04.27 – 2023.06.21)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor (68) (2015.06.22 – 2018.09.27)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖) (77) (2010.11.20 – 2015.02.17)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Giovanni D’Aniello (70) (2001.12.15 – 2010.09.22)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Francisco-Javier Lozano Sebastián (81) (1999.03.20 – 2001.12.15)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz (1992.10.07 – 1999.01.21)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Bruno Torpigliani (1968.08.03 – 1973.06.06)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Émile André Jean-Marie Maury (1965.06.11 – 1968.06.25)
Apostolic Nuncio: Archbishop Vito Roberti (1963.02.16 – 1965.06.11)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda (91) (1985.01.29 – 1992.06.02)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Josip Uhač (1981.06.03 – 1984.08.03)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Edoardo Rovida (97) (1977.08.13 – 1981.03.07)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: Archbishop Lorenzo Antonetti (later Cardinal) (1973.06.29 – 1977.06.15)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Vito Roberti (1962.10.13 – 1963.02.16)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli (1959.08.08 – 1962)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Alfredo Bruniera (1954.12.12 – 1959.04.25)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi (1949.12.16 – 1954)
Apostolic Delegate: Archbishop Giovanni Battista Dellepiane (1930.01.18 – 1949.01.12)

Last updated on 2025.02.25